FireEagle (FE) is a system providing centralized management of user location information. FE allows 3rd party developers to pdate and/or access user‘s location data.
fireeagle.yahoo.net/developer/documentation
Installation
gem install fireeagle
Usage
>> require 'fireeagle'
>> client = FireEagle::Client.new(
:consumer_key => "<consumer key>",
:consumer_secret => "<consumer secret>",
:access_token => "[access token]",
:access_token_secret => "[access token secret]")
With a User-specific OAuth Access Token
# update your location >> client.update(:q => "punta del diablo, uruguay") # I wish # query your location >> user = client.user => #<FireEagle::User:0x1ca5e08 ... > >> user.locations => [#<FireEagle::Location:0x1cdd9e8 ...>, #<FireEagle::Location:0x1cc8ffc ...>, ... ] >> user.best_guess => #<FireEagle::Location:0x1cdd9e8 ...> >> user.best_guess.name => "Punta del Diablo, Uruguay" # lookup a location >> locations = client.lookup(:q => "30022") => [#<FireEagle::Location:0x1cdd9e8 ...>, #<FireEagle::Location:0x1cc8ffc ...>, ...] >> locations.first.name => "Alpharetta, GA 30022" >> locations.first.place_id => "IrhZMHuYA5s1fFi4Qw"
Authorization
Authorization is handled by OAuth. For more details about the OAuth authorization flow and how it differs based on your application type, please see fireeagle.yahoo.net/developer/documentation/authorizing
Contributing
github.com/jnewland/fireeagle/tree/master. You know what to do.
| Rubyforge Project Page: | rubyforge.org/projects/fireeagle |
| Author: | Jesse Newland (soylentfoo.jnewland.com) (jnewland@gmail.com) |
| Copyright: | Copyright (c) 2008 Jesse Newland. Portions Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! |
| License: | Distributed under the same terms as Ruby |